Eucharistic Prayer

In the woods, long ago

I carried my Bible

Sat on a log

And read the Gospel of John

To the birds and squirrels and skies

Hoping maybe God would hear

And remember me

Take kindly my thanksgiving prayer

And rescue me from...

From what was I running?

I can't remember.

Lord you are holy indeed

( Lord, Make me holy)

The fountain of all holiness

(Will you share it with me?)

Let your Spirit come upon these gifts of bread and wine

(And on me, let me be your gift...please)

Let them become

(Let me become)

The Body and Blood

(Your Body and Blood)

Of your Son, Our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ

(Of your Son, Our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ

In this world today)

Time is a human construct

Because we are mortal

But He is not mortal

He was there then, with them

He is here now, with us now

All of time disappears in the prayer

The Thanksgiving prayer

The Eucharistic prayer

In the prayer, we have our first taste of immortality

On the night he was betrayed

(I was betrayed...I will be betrayed, handed over)

He took the bread, broke it and said

(He took me, broke me and said)

This is my Body

(We are His Body, we share in the gift)

This is my Blood

(We are His Blood, we share in the suffering)

Do this in remembrance of Me.

(Zachar Adonai...Zacharu, Adonai, Elohim...can't remember my Hebrew

Of course he did it in Aramaic...why, O Lord, don't I know?

Why can't I remember? Forgive me, O Lord, I have sinned.)

Look around the church. See the faces, remember the faces. The room begins to spin. I see so many hands clasped in prayer. Why do we come here? Why this place? Why today?

Here is the church

Here is the steeple

Open the doors 

And see all the people

See all the people. Heads bowed. 

They believe...or they want to believe...

Let us become one

As the Father and I are One

Let them know

All that we know

Remind them, remind us, remind me

We are not alone. 

Love, Cindy